Princess of God

Forwards?! they actually take us backwards in our faith

2011-08-24T13:49:00.003+05:30

Please pass this sms, prayer, picture, story... within the next hour to 8, 12, eight to the power of 12 people...or more?!
Let's see if Satan can stop this!
"Whoever acknowledges me before men, I will also acknowledge him before my Father in heaven." Mt 10:32 so dont be ashamed to circulate Jesus among your friends... sort of threatening after effects if you dont do it!

Now most of us have received such emails and sms s and forwarded it many times

Saint Teresa of Child Jesus's Prayer..

Mother Teresa started this novena...

The Apparition of O.L.Fatima...
and many more...
Sometimes the content is too good to resist. So i forward it by editing the above said things. Because I beleive in God and all His goodness. He is not a God of Tit for Tat... if u dont acknowledge me i will do the same.... rubbish.

The others are if you forward this something good/miracle will happen today, you will get financial help, your loved one will come back to you, blah blah... come on everyday God is working a miracle in our life. Are our eyes open to see it and give thanks (now its a post on its own). The very fact that we wake up everyday (gift of life) is a miracle! And Our God is Jehovah Jireh, He supplies our needs. "Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?" Mt 6:26 I dont need to forward this message inorder to get what i want!

This whole concept of forward and get something has a bad foundation. Its like do-it-yourself-kit/toy, where God (His grace) is left out of the equation. Christianity is not about doing something to merit his love or blessing or a place in heaven for eternity. Its a relationship based on decision to love God, His ways, His people and His creation. Forwards - do they really take u forward?

Ammachi...you will be fondly remembered

2011-07-29T11:25:00.002+05:30

Grandmother. what does it bring to our minds? Lots of love, care and delicious food and of course home remedy for everything from dry coughs in the night to diabetes control ! Yes this post is in loving memory of my ammatchi, who passed away a year ago due to renal failure. She was 89.

As we celebrate her first year death anniversary, I am reminiscencing all the goodness she had bestowed on me. Of course after my wedding my ammachi was away and didnt really have good rapport for some reason. Even till day i feel as if she lives in one of my mama's place.

That apart, She is Maria Selvam, the last of the nine children in her family of whom many died, She used to speak very high of her brother who brought her up and educated her. She was a trained teacher and very good in tailoring and embroidery. She taught me some embroidery and crochet too. She worked as a teacher and earned Rs. 20 as her salary, all this pre-independence period! She also used to tell stories of War period when cereals and pulses became scarce and how rava idli came into existence.

Some of her remedies are hand crushed black pepper to be kept in the throat and drink hot water for dry coughs. Bengal gram when dried and powdered can be used for bathing its as good as using butter on your skin she says, she used to have bitter gourd soup without salt for diabetes control. She also taught me how to clean fish and make fish fry even when i was 12 yrs old and said it was good for the brain.

She was very prayerful and did the rosary everyday without fail. My mum and ammachi together instilled in me the praying habit, though i dont say novena after novena like them. She used to write letters (it was the only source of communication as every house hold did not have a landline) from Coimbatore especially on my birthdays and would also send some money. She encouraged me a lot, for my 10th birthday she wrote that she heard in news that the then President of India Mr. R. Venkataraman also celebrated his birthday the same day and wished that i may also do well like him. Most of all she was a strong person as she raised 6 children and got them married as my thatha died early. I learnt to be resilient like her.

I will always miss you ammachi, May you rest in the good Lord' everlasting peace.

Imitations Beware!!

2011-03-02T16:26:00.000+05:30

Imitation means "That which is made or produced as a copy, that which is made to resemble something else". Ok i must confess it is featuring my lil baby, or shud i say she inspired this post.
1. She no longer wants to drink from her sipper but from a tumbler just like us.
2. She walks in from outside, removes her shoes and leaves them in the shoe rack following her dad.
3. wants to see herself in the mirror when dressed up just like her mom
4. does not want to sit in your lap instead wants to sit in her baby chair like we sit in our sofa
5. Wants to sing even though she knows no tune nor words when we sing along with the car radio

and the likes which are common in the households with toddlers, ask them they will tell stories... now again to the post, Children learn from imitating the elders at home and its perfectly normal infact part of their development. So beware all of us, whether be it parents or uncles or aunts or even neighbours , we have to be extra careful in all that we say and do for they are in the parrot mode of learning. They cant differentiate and say this is good and this bad. They dont even know what is good and bad. They are like a sponge absorbing everything they come in contact with.

Now the second beware of imitation(notice there are two exclamatory marks in the title) now all of us would have done imitation as part of our learning process but have we progressed or move to the next level? or are we even aware of it!? yeah its INNOVATION. Yes the art of doing something differently from the usual if not totally new or out of the box! If we did we would nt be bombarded with re make movies and re mixed classic songs or even scene lifting (from international movies) song lifting (hit songs from other languages) or even BGM lifting (latest Background score of YUDHAM SEI is from the movie The Village!) These include copying TRP increasing gameshows and reality shows from other channels!

Even though some are aware of this next level, for fear of venturing out in uncharted waters or being ridiculed or have the idea but do not have the required skill set or simply being lazy do not try it. On the contrast those who made it big where all innovators, so while we grow up emotionally from dependency to independency to interdependency, i hope we intectually grow from imitation to innovation and also make sure our children do the same!

The good news is its never too late to start, begin today even if its the dosa you make or the kolam you put, remember little drops of water make a mighty ocean :)

Im no longer Trinity....

2011-02-01T10:16:00.000+05:30

Heyya folks its been two full years since i last wrote on this blog.... hopefully i will come with a bang this time! so the very first post will be with a change in my name. I will be hence forth called Divia in the bloggers space instead of my earlier name Trinty as i have named my little daughter the same. So now you would have guessed the reason for my sabatical. Yeah im still tied up with my baby but will find time to blog. Also presenting to you my babe Trinity Yazhini Clement. Will catch yall soon

Happy Valentines Day Sweetheart

2009-02-13T13:01:00.000+05:30

This post is dedicated for my valentine.

* The baby smile you have

* The care you show when im ill

* The way you make up after a fight

* When you made time to be with me even though it was difficult with hectic schedules

* The times you cooked for me

* Your passion for singing

* Your gentle Kiss and bone breaking hug

* The freedom you give me

* The numerous night-outs and ice-creams

* All the time you left for office trips (when you come back, the love only grows)

* The 'n' no. of calls and sms' which say that you love me.....

All these and many more and in no particular order have made our togetherness wonderful and cherishable.

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY Sweetheart

TAGGED

2009-01-28T13:03:00.000+05:30

1. If your Lover betrayed you, what would your reaction be?

I'd be badly upset

2.If you have one dream which could come true, it would be?

Finish my thesis before June and get a job as a lecturer

3.Which one do you prefer-ice-cream or chocolate?

Chocolate flavoured ice cream.

4.What would you do with a billion dollars?

I would nt do anything as long as it is not earned by me

5.Can you fall in love with your best friend?

By all means

6.Who is more blessed-loving someone or being loved by someone?

Loving someone… Its better to give than receive

7.How long would you wait for someone you love?

I will not wait for someone to love me.

8.If the person you like is secretly attached, what would you do?

Cant say

9.If you could root for one social cause, what would it be?

Freedom of expression, especially the opnions and controversies abt what and how a girl or woman should wear. The stupid logic behind he did this bcos they way she dresses up should be eradicated.

10.What takes you down fastest?

When my loved ones dont understand me

11.What according to you is blogger in denial?

I dont understand

12.What’s your fear?

Lizards my all time fear factor.

13.Your opinion of the persons who tagged you with this?

My beloved

14.Would you be single & rich or married & poor?

Whats the point in being rich and nobody with you to spend it for. So i'd like to change the equation and make it Married & Rich.

15.What is the first thing you do when you wake up?

nothing consistent. probably rush to the loo before he gets to it.

16.If you fall in love with two people simultaneously, whom would you pick?

How can you do that? It only is attraction and not love!

17.Would you give all in a relationship?

YES

18.What’s eating you now?

Tummy cramps and indigestion

19.Do you prefer being single or in a relationship?

Of course in a Relationship

20.What is your occupation?

@ home for now

21.What color are your socks right now?

I have only a pair of socks and its white. Im not wearing them rite now

22.What are you listening to right now?

some blaring horns from the road

23.What was the last thing you ate?

Curd rice and bindi fry

24.Can you drive stick shift?

Yup, not tried auto

25.Last person you spoke to on the phone?

My hubby enquiring if he had lunch

26.Do you like the person who sent this to you?

Of course

27.How old are you today?

28.What is your favorite sport to watch?

Figure skating

29.What are your favorite drinks?

Cooled pot water

30.Have you ever dyed your hair?

31.Favorite Food?

Nothing particular, but Idlis my all time favourite

32.What is the last movie you watched?

Mounam samatham

33.Favorite day of the year?

Christmas

34.How do you vent anger?

Depends on who Im angry with

35.What was your favorite toy as a child?

Dont remember

36.What is your favorite Season?

Summer bcoz of summer hols in school and college days.. now anything is fine

37.Do you want your friends to email you back?

I think thats why you write in the first place

38.When was the last time you cried?

Yday when i could not apply for canara bank po post

39.What is on the floor of your closet?

X-rays, scans and other medical reports and medical bills for claim!

40.Who is the friend you have the longest you are sending to?

41.What did you do last night?

Had Orange Ice Candy

42.Plain, Cheese or Spicy hamburger?

Spicy…tho i dont like ham-burger pronounce it like Pink Panther

43.Favorite dog breed?

Labradors and mongrels

44.Favorite day of the week?

Wednesday (wow its today)

45.How many states have you lived in?

Tamilnadu. Home sweet Home

46.Diamonds or Pearls?

Pearls

47.What is your wish for the new year?

That there may be peace everywhere and in all homes

48.New year resolution?

Have nt made one.

All who care to take this tag!

Poem with a difference

2009-01-20T10:41:00.000+05:30

Ode on a Grecian Urn

- John Keats

Thou still unravish'd bride of quietness,

Thou foster-child of silence and slow time,

Sylvan historian, who canst thou express

A flowery tale more sweetly than our rhyme:

What leaf-fring'd legend haunt about thy shape

Of deities or mortals, or of both,

In Tempe or the dales of Arcady?

What men or gods are these? What maidens loth?

What mad pursuit? What struggle to escape?

What pipes and timbrels? What wild ecstasy?

Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard

Are sweeter: therefore, ye soft pipes, play on;

Not to the sensual ear, but, more endear'd,

Pipe to the spirit ditties of no tone:

Fair youth, beneath the trees, thou canst not leave

Thy song, nor ever can those trees be bare;

Bold lover, never, never canst thou kiss,

Though winning near the goal - yet, do not grieve;

She cannot fade, though thou hast not thy bliss,

For ever wilt thou love, and she be fair!

Ah, happy, happy boughs! that cannot shed

Your leaves, nor ever bid the spring adieu;

And, happy melodist, unwearied,

For ever piping songs for ever new;

More happy love! more happy, happy love!

For ever warm and still to be enjoy'd,

For ever panting, and for ever young;

All breathing human passion far above,

That leaves a heart high-sorrowful and cloy'd,

A burning forehead, and a parching tongue.

Who are these coming to the sacrifice?

To what green altar, O mysterious priest,

Lead'st thou that heifer lowing at the skies,

And all her silken flanks with garlands drest?

What little town by river or sea shore,

Or mountain-built with peaceful citadel,

Is emptied of this folk, this pious morn?

And, little town, thy streets for evermore

Will silent be; and not a soul to tell

Why thou art desolate, can e'er return.

O Attic shape! Fair attitude! with brede

Of marble men and maidens overwrought,

With forest branches and the trodden weed;

Thou, silent form, dost tease us out of thought

As doth eternity: Cold Pastoral!

When old age shall this generation waste,

Thou shalt remain, in midst of other woe

Than ours, a friend to man, to whom thou say'st,

"Beauty is truth, truth beauty," - that is all

Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.

One of the peoms i fell in love with. The discussions of this poem is given here.

Special ?! birthday

2008-12-05T12:23:00.000+05:30

What do birthdays bring to our minds... celebration?

How do i celebrate? a big question on my mind. 4th Dec was my birthday and invariably everyone who wished me on the phone asked the single question which challenged me...

So, whats special today?

How do i answer such a general question, what do i make out from this question, are they asking about the special food, special dress, special gift, special outing, or are they talking about the special day, what is this SPECIAL??? anyways enough of my ranting....

How do i tell these people that im always special to atleast a few people !!! my god firstly (as my blogs name suggest), my parents, my hubby, my sis and friends

And indeed it was special for me, knowing that im remembered and cared for by people near and far.

The Day i lost my mobile

2008-11-20T15:19:00.000+05:30

The miserable day i lost my mobile.... sounds like a movie name eh? Anyways on Nov 19th My buddies at office and i went to watch 'Varanam Ayiram' in INOX. When the movie was getting over i took my mobile out of my bag to text my hubby to pick me up... and left it in my lap and when the movie got over when i got up i could feel my phone falling down and immediately started searching for it and to my disbelief i could not find it! wont you be able to find something you dropped by mistake in its place... no it was not there... and the one who flicked it even switched it off...

Now something about my phone i bought it after so much proding from my then fiance and now hubby, as he wanted to talk to me... till then i never wanted to have a phone! so it happened that in Aug 2006 i bought the nokia 1110, a very basic phone with polyphonic ringtones and white display, the supposed advantages! It has faced several hardships and survived all the torments in my hands. Bravo my dear phone! It has acheived around 5000 spoken hours or maybe more... has fallen down countless no. of times... thrown at the velocity of light when im angry with my hubby.. when he does not pick my call, or cuts the call abruptly.... so many times i have left it behind in eat outs and shops only to go back and find it untouched and the reason for it was none of the numbers in the keypad are visible and the display are all scratched... it looks totally washed out and exhausted!

But somebody who came to INOX!? was in desperate need a God forsaken phone like this one
minus the numbers and a lot of scratches!!!

I will miss you my phone...

BRUTALITY UNLEASHED in LAW COLLEGE!!!!

2008-11-14T11:46:00.000+05:30

I dont need to brief you about this gory incident that happened two days ago. My blood froze when i saw how the third year students of the AMBEDKAR?! LAW COLLEGE were beaten to death... yes three are very serious and on life support!
The reason for the flair up is supposed to be the name of the college!?!... some pamphlet was printed for culturals with the college' name as Chennai Law college instead of Ambedkar Law college! We really dont know what these injured students said or did to the ones who attacked them... what ever they did, it doesnt warrant these senior students to become so cruel...
For a quick peek http://ibnlive.in.com/videos/78072/chennai-cops-fail-to-stop-students-clash-suspended.html I ve always heard that people who study in the Law College are pucca rowdies... that is one reason why my dad refused for me to study there. I am glad i didnt study there.

Now the discussion or my venting out starts here

* the police were on lookers.. the had given a dumb reason that till they receive a complaint they would not take action.... will the policemen standing there do nothing if the beaten were one of their children? I dont know why its becoming a trend these days.. this was the same case with Sr. Meena who was raped in the communal riot in Orissa.. they were on-lookers (its a post on its own)

* Some policemen were transfered and some suspended... how does it help... now all the opposition parties are blaming the police, as if they started the clash... My concern is that the story is taking a turn and the focus is moving from the Cold blooded Students to the on-looking policemen!

* Even if they had to wait for complaint to take action and order a lathi charge or tear gas.... they could have simply pulled the injured away from the "gundas students" he was lying outside the gate... this is called Presence of mind!!!

* Now the students - they are studying Law!? meaning they have to be the protectors of the Law and Justice... they should have taken it to court and dealt with the matter... no, they are not bothered about what they study.. because what they study and what they do are total opposites!!! Even people in the army shoot their enemies and thats about it, this was slowly bringing death in the most excruciating manner. My husband and I are undergoing treatment for disc slip and neck strain respectively, both are very painful and cant imagine how these injured will live the rest of their lives! They will never be normal again!

* Such students dont derserve education and that to in the field of Law... they should be Debarred from the College and University. It might help many deserving students.

* Now a big mob attacked, only 9 people were arrested, what happened to the rest? the footage must help to identify the rest of the rouges!

Until a few days ago i was thinking Chennai was comparibly a safe place to live and thankfully its where i lived and continue to live... but this episode in particular is frightening because first of all we have wild animals on the prowl and secondly the police will not help!!!
God save this country

The St. Paul I know...

2008-10-24T15:33:00.000+05:30

As this is declared as the year of St. Paul, during the Church feast i wrote this essay for competition... read

As I go back my memory lane, the first time I ever heard of St. Paul was in my fifth std, when my friends and I had participated in a bible quiz competition in school. The quiz was different as we didn’t have to learn anything from the bible, my teacher would tell us a story and ask question from it. Sounds simple? yes. She told us the story of the conversion of St. Paul and the question she asked me was where was Saul heading to? pat came the answer from me “Damascus!”

Since then life has seen so many situations, happy ones, difficult ones, adventurous ones and challenging ones. However, the words of St. Paul to the various churches that were blooming at that time are both encouraging and apt to our daily life even though 2000 years have elapsed! The first time St. Paul’s words that touched me was when my best friend left the school and I was felling lonely and I thought my parents loved my younger sister more (you ask her she would say the same he..he..he..) At this juncture I had to attend my first retreat in school. In the retreat they spoke of God’s love and in particular St. Paul’s words to the Romans “Nothing can separate us from the love of our God” (Hardships or sword nor power…. can separate us from the love of our God. Rom 8:35-39) helped me to reconcile with the fact that my friend left and I accepted it with joy on finding out how much more my God loves me

From then on I was regularly attending the annual retreats at school, after 3 retreats I was a little disappointed with myself, as after the retreat I would slip into my old ways. This time it was the Vacation Bible School that came to my rescue, where we had an exercise in which we were to dress one of the group members with the armor of God. St. Paul is urging the people to clad themselves with the armor of God to escape the Devils trick! (Be strong in the Lord….. Eph 6: 10-17) Also my catechism teacher at school taught us about the Holy Spirit who helps us to pray to God when we are weak (For we do not know how we ought to pray… Rom 8: 26) both these words taught me to live (though not always) without falling into my old ways.

I am sure most of us would have heard of the reading with church as one body and made up of many members/parts in the mass, though I’ve heard it several times, it never had any significant effect on me, or I didn’t understand it.

But once while I was coming back from college by bike, I had a small accident, when an auto brushed past the sides of my right palm and small finger and it was scratched and started swelling. I didn’t think it was a big deal and went home, only when I went to college the next day I realized I could not write! couldn’t take class notes, couldn’t submit records and all this for one week. Then these words of St. Paul to the Corinthians made sense to me. (If one part suffers, all other parts suffer with it, if one part is praised, all other parts share its happiness. 1 Cor 12:12-31) This insignificant side of my palm, taught me a lesson that everyone of His creation are equally important and has a part to play in His master plan, however, big or small they may be and that all of us are one in Christ.

Apart from these, when I was young, whenever my sister or I refused to help my mum in household chores or fussed over it, she would say it is written in the Bible that whoever refuses to work is not allowed to eat. Latter when I grew up I learnt it was also one of St. Paul’s exhortation to the church in Thessalonica. (2 Thes 3:10-12).

Though St. Paul was not one among the twelve, he is special to me because the twelve apostles were ordinary people who became extraordinary men after a Christ experience, while Saul was a fierce opposer of the followers of The Way, who with divine intervention became an ardent follower of Christ and an exemplary missionary! Today God’s reaching out to us, are we ready to change like St. Paul?

MGM DIZEE WORLD.... really made me go spinning..yuck

2008-10-20T21:10:00.000+05:30

Gone are the days when every summer, we got to go to some theme park and have fun with our visiting cousins. These days to get a holiday on the same day for my hubby and me is a miracle! So we decided to go to one of the theme parks and it was my choice to go this MGM Dizee World... i really dread this awful choice i made. The reason was i never gone in the famed RANGER and ROLLER COASTER! and so on day the nation celebrated the birthday of the father of our nation by watching interviews of glam girls and blockbuster movies(the TV people can be more creative!!!)i took a better bet of refreshing our minds rather than burdening it by sitting in front of the idiot box.

now that day we had a small obligation at church which held us till 9 in the morning and by the time we left it was 10 or so and we reached this place a little before 12 noon. now even we before reached the place we were put off! thanx to the chennai city traffic police. now i should say that my hubby is a careful driver and follows all road rules to the dot. We were going in 65kms/hr, and we were caught for overspeeding! my hubby tried to reason out saying that the permitted speed limit was 80kms/hr on the ECR and he was immediatedly snubbed by a stout cop saying 80kms/hr was outside city limits and that we were still inside city limits!!! Our trip meter shows that we have driven 45kms away from home and we are still inside city. Anyways we had to pay the 400Rs fine as we were given little room to explain. What was worse was that the Hondas,Sonatas, Chevies and Toyotas were speeding till then and slowed down when they saw us?! felt like scape goats....
and we started to go to MGM and we started and immediately arrived!!! looked like we got caught a few hundred meters... well i hated this, so folks remember MGM is inside the city and a hop, skip and jump from our doorstep!!!

And after an eventful forenoon we arrived at our fateful destination, we didnt know that yet. We got the tickets for Adults and it costed a bom for just three of us (oh did i forget to mention? my sister was also with us)and at the entrance itself it was mentioned that the RAINBOW was not working! and that the ROLLER COASTER would be operated only between 12 - 2pm. Since my main reason was to go on this ride, so we headed straight to the ride and found there was no one to operate it! Along with a another group of friends we also waited for a full half hour with no sign of the ride coming to life. So i went around hunting for an official of the campus and found one too... his reason was there was no power and the other rides were going on Genset and soon those rides will be stopped and the energy routed to this ride... so again went and waited for 10 mins and suddenly we all thought it was foolish of us to wait for this one particular ride as we were planning to leave by 4.

so we went in the Ranger and other rides and had good time for the next one hour and returned to the Roller Coaster again... now there was power and hardly two rounds was over they stopped it saying its 2 O' Clock! I said ridiculous! if they had started on time there is a point in him saying "Its time up" but he started just 15 mins ago... but the operator turned a deaf ear to all the crowds and left. It was not the isolated event, most of the rides didnt have operators!!! sometimes as we stood in front of some rides wondering if it ever worked and the campus cleaning staff would say, yes it does work and the operator is running another ride and so we have to go and bring them ad say operate this ride for us... half our time was spent searching the operators!!!

I really want to make a point thro this post, when we were given admission at a minimal fee and we can choose the particular pay ride... it was good you pay for what you play... but now they collect all the money at the entrance and dont care for the customers! now they really don't care if you enjoy the ride or not, even though you have paid for it.And very easily they have given a disclaimer saying entry fee once collected will not be refunded! This is nothing short of fraudulence!!! For if i want to go on the Giant Wheel and the Carousel i might as well go to the Exhibition on Island Grounds! I will never forget day i came back for the third time without going on the ROLLER COASTER!!! My sis on the carousel and my hubby and i while waiting for the roller coaster...

Flikr Tag

2008-07-10T22:57:00.000+05:30

Here are the rules.

1. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search.
2. Using only the first page, pick an image.
3. Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into fd’s mosaic maker).

1.What is your first name?
Jennifer

2. What is your favorite food? Right now?
Idli

3. What high school did you go to?
St. Aloysius

4. What is your favorite color?
Brown

5. Who is your celebrity crush?
Ajithkumar

6. Favorite drink?
Lemon soda

7. Dream vacation?
The Andamans

8. Favorite dessert?
Chocolate brownies with vanilla ice cream

9. What do you want to be when you grow up?
Mama

10. What do you love most in life?
Hubby dear.

11. One Word to describe you.
Special

12. Your flickr name.
jdivia

You are welcome to take this tag!

Rain drops are falling on my head...

2008-07-03T22:49:00.000+05:30

Rain drops are falling on my head...

This is an old song (youtube link). I’ve always wanted to sing this song and dance around in the rain.

Time never gave me an opportunity to do so... as you will get wet in the rain in the most unwanted times...like while I’m riding in the bike a.k.a. Scooty (as my dad first and my hubby now object to my Scooty being called as 'the bike') or going for a wedding reception!

This was also starting to look like one of the fateful days when we were returning from a wedding reception... but we just escaped by getting into the car when it started to pour cats and dogs with plenty of thunder and lightening! I was in a situation with mixed feelings as I didn’t want the rain to go on as i would spoil my lovely off white kanjeevaram saree, if i get wet. At the same time the mischievous kid inside wanted to dance in the rain.

And it happened as my beloved drove me as close to my doorstep he got out in the rain opened the door brought the umbrella for me and took me in without spoiling my silk saree. By the time he backed the car and parked in the shed, I changed into my salwar and went out with barefoot happily playing and singing only the first line of the song (as I know only that much in the song!). Mission accomplished and there stood my beloved who now looked like the angry hulk ready to charge. Yelled at me saying "Is this why i took so much care to not get you wet?" never answered him anything... silence is the best way to cope situations like these...

Some pictures from that day...

I don't know if he understood me... but still I enjoyed the rain as I always do!

Praise God! He sends out the rain on the good and evil alike. Perfect Gentleman.

Flowers... any takers?

2008-06-17T12:35:00.000+05:30

Flowers from my Garden...

I didn't toil for it (gardening is my MIL's hobby) nevertheless the very sight of them gives me joy, a sense of satisfaction. How many of us - girls like flowers? most of us would be the answer. those of us who say NO, can have their point.

But why do you like flowers? if someone had to ask, im clueless and how many of you receive flowers from our boy friends, would be's and hubby's.. the number is dismal. So that is why i dried the first rose that i got from my Hubby when he was my fiance, and also framed it and gave it as a gift for our first wedding anniversary.

Hoping to get more such ones.

2008-06-14T14:08:00.000+05:30

Im Tagged Again!!! By Jollyroger of course, coz nobody ever reads my blog.

Rules of this Tag: Pick up the nearest book.Open to page 123.Find the fifth sentence.Post the next three sentences.Tag five people, and acknowledge the person who tagged you.

And since we live in the same house the Tamilnadu guide map is the only book within reach!? So i'm typing from 'One Minute Wisdom' by Anthony De Mello which I just finished reading. This book contains short stories as told by a Hindu Guru, a zen Roshi, a Taoist Sage, a Jewish Rabbi, a Christian Monk, a Sufi Mystic, A Lao Tzu, Socrates, Buddha, Jesus and Mohammed - to be read one by one everyday and meditate upon. For a difference i'd like to deviate from the rule to open page no.123 by changing the no. to 132 (as its too abstract on page 123)

"One of the disconcerting -- and delightful -- teachings of the Master was: God is closer to sinners than to saints.

This is how he explained it: God on heaven holds each person by a string. When you sin you cut the string. Then God ties it up again, making a knot -- and thereby bringing you a little closer to him. Again and again your sins cut the string -- and with each further knot God keeps drawing you closer and closer." End of story.

While the story goes like this... Just bcoz there is bandaid available you do not cut yourself now and then, do you?

And i tag Sheila, Honey Bee, Chriz, Anju and Cassius

Music & Midnight

2008-04-15T15:26:00.000+05:30

Guess im blogging only when im tagged?!

Music transcends space and time. The perfect example was how I got to do this musical tag! Now my hubby and I have the habit of listening to music (English, Instrumental, Gospel and Tamil) while we go to sleep that’s the only time I get to do it. Yesterday while we were listening to music and discussing something suddenly he sprang up from the bed and said you have to do it now… and as usual I was clueless!?! Then he told me abt the tag in his blog… and he also did it for me in my laptop and said publish this post first thing in the morning….and here I am…

So, here are the rules of the tag

1. Put your iPod (or other source of music) on shuffle mode.
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. You must write the name of the song no matter what. No cheating!

"If someone says 'Is this okay?', you say?"
Because you loved me – Celine Dion

"What would best describe your personality?"
American Pie – John denver

“The three men I admire most the Father Son and the Holy Ghost” if that describes me J

"What do you like in a guy/girl?"
Nothing’s gonna change my love for you – Glenn Medeiros

“Hold me now, Touch me now, I don't want to live without you” this is what I like in my guy

"How do you feel today?"
Voulez Vous – ABBA

”NOW is all we get, Nothing promised, no regrets”

"What is your life's purpose?"
The power of love – Celine Dion

To prove its power!!

"What is your motto?"
Pinball Wizard – The Who

"What do your friends think of you?"
Dr. Jones - Aqua

They think im gonna become Dr. Trinity. Lets hope and pray for it…

"What do you think of your parents?"
We will rock you - Queen

I think its time they retire to the rocking chair…he he he

"What do you think about very often?"
Dreaming – Cliff Richards

Cliff Richard has said it! Need I say more…

"What is 2+2?"
Groovy kind of love – Phil Collins

Should I say 1+1 =3?????

"What do you think of your best friend?"
Lucky Lips – Cliff Richards

"What do you think of the person you like?"
Imagine – John Lennon

“Imagine all the people living in peace” the person who would make it a reality

"What is your life story?"
Do – re- mi – Angela Cartwright OST The Sound of Music

“I’ll praise my maker; while I’ve breath” I believe I was made for that

"What do you want to be when you grow up?"
Pretty Woman – Roy Orbison

Hope I’ve grown to be one!

"What do you think when you see the person you like?"
The Rigga Ding Dong Song – Passion Fruit

"What do your parents think of you?"
Mission Impossible II Theme – U2 OST MI 2

They really think that of me…

"What will you dance to at your wedding?"
Coco Jumbo – Presidents of the USA

Only one regret that we didn’t dance on our weddingL

"What will they play at your funeral?"
This old guitar – John Denver

Wish it was a violin tho’ ;)

"What is your hobby/interest?"
The Sound of Music – Julie Andrews OST The Sound of Music

"What is your biggest secret?"
Right here waiting for you – Richard Marx

"What do you think of your friends?"
From this moment - Shania Twain

“I will love you as long as I live - From this moment on” My promise all of them.

"What should you post this as?"
Bohemian Rhapsody – Queen

“Is this the real life-Is this just fantasy”- I don’t know

2007-12-13T15:10:00.000+05:30

1. Name one person who made you laugh last night?
my office we had loads of fun in VAndalur ZOo but it was not last night but yday

2. What were you doing at 0800?
Making tomato rice for everyone, a very spicy one

3. What were you doing 30 minutes ago?
Eating lunch

4. What happened to you in 2006?
Fe ll in love

5. What was the last thing you said out loud?
screamed something as my husband could not hear it in the first time

6. How many beverages did you have today?
Hot chocolate

7. What color is your hairbrush?
i dont have one but i have a brown colour comb

8. What was the last thing you paid for?
hot chocolate

9. Where were you last night?
Home

10. What color is your front door?
Brown

11. Where do you keep your change?
in different places... i beleive nothing is permanent but change

12. What’s the weather like today?
Cool.

13. What’s the best ice-cream flavor?
chocolate

14. What excites you?
why do you want to know?

15. Do you want to cut your hair?
no it better the way it is...

16. Are you over the age of 25?
Yes.

17. Do you talk a lot?
the only thing my hubby complaints abt!!!

18. Do you watch the O.C.?
what is that?

19. Do you know anyone named Steven?
yes but his name is spelt Stephen

20. Do you make up your own words?
has dictionary of my own

21. Are you a jealous person?
yes a lot

22. Name a friend whose name starts with the letter ‘A’.
Is this some sort of numerlogy tagging????????

23. Name a friend whose name starts with the letter ‘K’.
Kakolee. Its a girl !

24. Who’s the first person on your received call list?
My love

25. What does the last text message you received say?
Message cannot be displayed from 591992 airtel msg!!!

26. Do you chew on your straw?
meaning?

27. Do you have curly hair?
Straight hair without rebonding! naturally....(does it sound like an ad?)

28. Where’s the next place you’re going to?
home- to my mum's place

29. Who’s the rudest person in your life?
dont want to mention

30. What was the last thing you ate?
somasa... mind you its not samosa!!!

31. Will you get married in the future?
maybe yes to the same person! can go honeymooning again na?

32. What’s the best movie you’ve seen in the past 2 weeks?
Shawshank's Redemption

33. Is there anyone you like right now?
yes will always like him

34. When was the last time you did the dishes?
two days back

35. Are you currently depressed?
not actually, but yes! may not be but quiet true but not abt everything in life.... God always sends suprises to not let us continue in this state!

36. Did you cry today?
ya a lot of times while i was sneezing away to glory.... have a bad Cold!

37. Why did you answer and post this?
bcoz of the cold & fever couldnt do anything else worthwhile

38. Tag few people who would do this survey.
Sandeep
David

Sales Person who made me small

2007-09-25T15:12:00.001+05:30

Situation is Sunday morning in the drawing room

ME: (applying oil on His Head!?! ya coconut oil)

HE: (reading paper - THE HINDU)

ME: ##%$*!@ irritated at a sales person knocking at door

HE: go check what is it for

ME: me asking from inside the room what she wants

HE: go there and find out...

Salesperson: im from reliance do you want landline or bb connection?

ME: (still applying oil) no thank you we already have both connections (she goes away)

HE: ##%$*!@ (now irritated) why cant you go and there and ask?

ME: why should i ? nothing is more important for me than what im doing now !?!

HE: poor thing just because they dont have the means they are going around on a sunday from door to door! even if you dont need it atleast be courteous and be gentle and say you dont want it and thereby encourage them

me: !@! (i never even thought of these things!?! see how small i ve become!)

2007-09-25T15:12:00.000+05:30

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Tagged!

2007-08-14T16:23:00.000+05:30

Heard of being tagged? My love tagged me:)
So let’s get down to the tagging business:The rules of the game:1. Players start with 8 random facts about themselves.2. Those who are tagged should post these rules and their 8 random facts.3. Players should tag 8 other people and notify them they have been tagged.Here goes in random order:
1. I am carelessly bold.
2. I’m a walking, talking chatter box, if you ask me to stop talking in the middle of a conversation, I may die like a fish out of water but at the same time there are times I enjoy being quiet and all by myself in silence! Weird though I like myself. :)
3. Hate comparisons to the core, I believe in Uniqueness.
4. Naturalist, Zoologist, Biogeochemist and always a Soprano!
5. Lovingly responsible, innovation is my first name, procrastination is my middle name and dedication is my last name.
6. Something is wrong with my face I guess :( … as most people don’t like me at the first instance! It’s advantageous for me as those who don’t wait to see the inside are repelled right away.
7. Sleeping beauty, curious cat, practical, public prosecutor*well describes me.
8. In the image and likeness of my creator- ‘I am who I am’.

(*this is a name bestowed on me by my colleagues for talking for the oppressed characters in the office!)

People who are tagged for my turn
http://amma-cheppindi.blogspot.com/
http://gworship.blogspot.com/
http://danses-de-la-nuit.blogspot.com/
http://packchan.blogspot.com/
http://munichvijayam.blogspot.com/
http://sanjonation.googlepages.com/blacky
http://www.jollyrogerrocks.blogspot.com/ ya ya i didnt find anyone else for you and Dav
http://disjusme.blogspot.com/

2007-07-13T11:17:00.000+05:30

Namesakes….

“If this vehicle is found driving rashly or over speeding contact @#$*&^?><~! some no...” This we would have seen invariably behind all the cabs which ply in the city on behalf of all the IT and BPO companies. Last when I met my aunt on a social visit she was telling that one of these cabs was over speeding and almost ran over her (it is a regular feature in all localities) so she decided to call these nos and gave the vehicle no., the area and the time and the date. Know what was the reply given to her? “We will inform the driver concerned!?” as if he doesn’t know he is over speeding.. and what measures they are taking? God only knows!

“This Building is Rainwater Harvested” this again is sign seen on most building after the famous rule of our Ex CM. but the rule or law does not stop after issuing it rather is complete only when executed to the dot, otherwise it was better never passed. For when it passed many implemented it including my flat. But many place the concept was not done accurately like the pipe line coming to the well or the bore well should go through a pit filled with sand and gravel and several others in a sandwich fashion which acts as a filter for the water and this was some 1 m deep but this was not followed in different places to save a lot of trouble and money. This would lead to contamination of groundwater which they least cared about!

“EIA- Environmental Impact Assessment” Anyone who reads the environmentally sensitive issues (eg. Sethusamudram Project, the SEZs near Mumbai) in the news paper couldn’t have missed out this term. If there are some new projects/ building coming up in a natural ecosystem like a lake or marsh then they have to do an assessment to see if their project would any way affect the ecosystem… it surely does! Remember Newton’s third law? But the flaw or the loophole is the concerned person employs an agency or lab to do the EIA and not the govt. so the agency always gives a report in favour of the Project with of course some suggestions!?! This is rarely followed…

My concern is do whatever completely in all its respects, if not interested don’t do it in the first place! Half done work is equivalent to NOT DOING IT. My Physics teachers used to tell us, ‘only once in your life time you are going to do this 12th std physics record so do it well, I don’t want any namesake record’ coz we used just scribble in between other records and the different tuitions.

While I was thinking why do people do the things for the sake of doing it, I could only think of is Lack of PASSION! We should do things as if they meant very close to our hearts. St. Ignatius of Loyola said ‘Work as if everything depends on you and Pray as if everything depends on God’. The reason why im blogging this topic is bcoz i should not fall into this category of name sakes while im doing my thesis writing for want of time or laziness or any other reason.... so now you know why all this blah blah.... people pray for me, it drives me crazy..... :)

Is our relationship with people or things?

2007-03-24T12:45:00.000+05:30

The other day I was going to office by bus since it was crowded I had to give my lunch bag to a lady who was sitting and when the bus arrived to the university stop, I got down and scurried to office as I was late. Half way through, due to intense walking I felt thirsty and BANG came the reality on my face, I had left my bag with the lady in the bus!

Thanks to my reflexes, I turned around and spotted an auto rickshaw and jumped in and was telling the auto driver to follow the bus. The panicked driver (who was on his mobile talking to someone) fumbled and said he does not know the bus route, and I was more than intimidating now and said: just follow my direction was my reply, no order! I was following a bus, which had left the bus stop five minutes ago…. And the auto was zooming at great speed, (while frantic thoughts were racing in my mind… im going to be further late to office….my new lunch box and bag and water bottle was gone …. Will I be able to catch the bus…even if so, will the bag be still there?) suddenly came to a halt, it was a traffic signal and we had fifty seconds to become green. We had no choice but to wait during when we both caught our lost breath and he asked me why I was chasing the bus and I explained everything to him and he very naively said: it’s only a lunch bag.
Suddenly everything around me froze momentarily (like you see in Matrix) as the truth dawned on me and I became oblivious to everything. I tried giving him an answer saying it was new and bought only yesterday and I forgot the bag because im not used to carrying a separate one like that, etc. but the truth was, Its my bag. I own it. I alone can use it. This is what is in my subconscious mind, which has been driving me crazy behind a bus that could be seen only me in the horizon!

Suddenly the pangs of shame struck me and I felt sad. Am I having a relationship with my lunch bag? Why was I feeling bad when it left me… the reason could only be my selfishness? By this time we were behind the bus inching in the traffic jam and I jumped out of the auto ran to the lady in the bus and took the lunch bag and again hopped inside the auto and back to office. While returning I was wondering about the lunch bag episode and this however looks like a common feature in our households, “This is my Rbk Shoes, dare not touch it” says your brother. “That is my favorite pink tee shirt, you will not have it” and that’s your sister. “That’s my costly parker pen, I’ll get you another one” says your dad. So what if it’s yours, costly or favorite? Isn’t the person more important than the things we use? Just reverse the case and say you are my son/sister/brother all I have is yours. Pure joy prevails. The joy of giving, the joy of bonding. It isn’t all that simple as it sounds as we have to fight SELF to be in that joy and what better season can it be done than in lent? Let’s start with our very small things…. As I get reminded of an SMS I received sometime ago. There is so much confusion in the world because we love things and use people; the world would be a lot better if we love people and use things.

Loving Dad

2007-03-17T15:43:00.000+05:30

This is not a post for killing time or to make a point or to vent out my feelings, on the converse to praise God for what he is to me. He is my loving dad. The following below is actually an email (which i came across while i was deleting the unwanted mails from my sent folder)that I wrote to one of my friends (edited for the post) narrating to her all the experiences I went thro… before my parents consented to get married to my beloved. As my parent’ only problem was we were both in the same choir! And the truth was we were never in terms was most part of the last decade… only recently we decided to get married. But our parents were against it, coz everyone would say probably they were going around for so long.

The email starts here…

God stands beside every decision (when you call on him) as he allows Free will...

When you are serious He too is serious... the lesson I learnt and the long wait is worth it believe me.... Its awesome at the end of the tunnel coz we went thro it ... it was very painful... may be to make us strong in our decision (to love each other) and never take this relationship for granted at any point of time not even in our sleep!... coz we ’ve gone down the drains for it... we fought our flesh and blood for this relationship and heard derogatory things from our OWN ... I was in the verge of being thrown out from my house... my bags were almost packed and thrown... We never lost hope...

Believed God willed it!

Infact so many people including priests said that it is not meant to be that’s why its not happening some even cursed us.... saying your going against Gods will and heading DOOMS day! It’s all scary to hear.... if your fighting people its ok but if you are fighting GOD?! What becomes of us... such confusion I ’ve never been thro' before in my life...

And finally this is the verse that helped me. Rom 11:32
It says that some people were made DISOBEDIENT according to his will so that they may receive his grace.. You have to read the chapter from the beginning to understand.. And I always pictured myself as Israel. Israel was his chosen people and so am I, however they tried to run away from Him, he brought back the lost sheep. This is my belief and prayer
So we are yet to start and miles to go, so… keep praying for us....

All because we want to sing to each other all our life!

The day i got married....

2007-03-03T10:23:00.000+05:30

Now the story of my wedding day starts (in chronological order...)
Jan 22, 2007: the day which i've been dreaming of, for so long had arrived it was such a busy day!
I was lazing around (basically uploading the engagement snaps that happened the previous night and checking last minute emails?!) till 12: 30 and went late to the beauty parlour!
when i went there the chief of all the ladies there who suppose to dress me up was streaking someone else's hair! and when i arrived she said plz wait and i was so pissed and started yelling at her as i have booked that timing with her... (and the reason she gave was 'you didnt come so i started with her') and to my shock my mom in law was sitting there quietly with her sister in the corner while i was fuming at the staff! (she had come to do her hair do...) and my sister was literally holding my hand so tight and was telling cool down and dont spoil day and while i had a hair wash with straight control shampoo?! i didnt understand it... is it controlling the straightness my hair and making it bouncy....for which she charged me extra! God only knows. He definitely knows :)) the chief was styling my mom in laws hair and i made her hurry coz i have to get out before 3:30 as the wedding was scheduled at 4 in the church before which i have to go home wear my jewels and say prayer and get blessings from elders and then rush to church.
Inspite of my best efforts to be early i was late by 15 mins. Everyone was tensed....
bcoz The Bishop of Trichy is waiting for Me the lazy bum!!!

Then I went inside the church, the mass started as i entered with my dad holding my hand and the orchestra played here comes the bride...here comes the bride. He(my hubby) paid 18000 rs to these people (orchestra ) coz these guys are professional who play for the movies.

He was irritated bcoz the Bishop cut down two songs bcoz i came late and he had paid heavy a sum to them for this! the two readings were done by him and me, the homily was given by His Grace the bishop and the marriage rite was done by my uncle and we both gave our commitment and the knot was tied and the rings exchanged and the mass went on well... excepting the nerve wrecking offetry gifts episode, the bread and wine which He and i had to take specifically was missing!

My sis was incharge of all the offetry gifts but the bread and wine which was to be taken from the church itself was forgotten amidst all other loose ends... so my sis and uncle went running to the sacristy to get it...really tense situation...as everyone in the offetry procession went off to the altar excepting the bride and the groom and when they brought it he was speeding like a bullet train and poor me couldnt keep pace with him with my bridal saree and veil and bouquet!
the wedding was over atlast (the mass i mean, its actually the beginning of our life of togetherness, shared dreams, a commitment for life) with the signing of the register (here again in the marriage register my name was wrongly spelt and my age was also wrong it was given one year more than what i am! but what to do i had to sign...sigh) and the exchange of garlands and lots of snaps too!
We took the car went to his house and ate some PAL Pazham(milk and fruits, which he detests!) and he changed into his reception suit which co-ordinated with my receptionsilk, which was Fanta Orage and left to my house and again ate the same things and i changed my saree within 10 mins (suprisingly :P)
and rushed to the Hall and the it was already packed!

We went inside and the cake was blessed and cut and the toast was given and a small ppt presentation was shown with pic of both families right from our parents weddings! till today the important things that we have come thro... hope people enjoyed it, atleast i did. A word of thanks to all my friends who helped us around and to my choir which really sang so well.

In the meantime the new storm that was creating havoc in the dining hall was that, food hadnt arrived! my mum and dad were perplexed as some of the crowd started to leave...these stupid caterers got caught in the traffic! by God grace(He is the Lord of all creation, and said 'Be Calm'.)they arrived. There was a huge rush and few of them still left without eating bcoz it was getting late...

While the long winding line (to me it looked like a humongus Anaconda whose tail i could not see.... sorry for the intudence of my zoology) of wishing the couple started which came to an EnD atlast at 10: 30.

phew!

At last i sat .... had dinner and went home for the big night

Ok lights off.... ;)

Suprise!!!

2007-01-12T16:25:00.001+05:30

This month i got my salary and slightly less amount as i had taken more casual leaves than permitted so they had deducted it from my salary...
to top it i had to pay my fees for this semester and all my money i used up to pay my fees, and had very little money for my personal expense...

but i was feeling bad bcoz i had little money and i couldnt help my parents with all the wedding expenses (my little part) and also bcoz of my inability for loan (im not eligible for loan as im on contract basis)
but yday while i was busy doing some analysis all the staff were called for and guess what we were given a BONUS!!!
since we had finished a project recently the consultancy guy was paying us for it
a bonus which is worth 60% of my salary...
can you beleive it, i cant!
not bcoz im having some more money to spend or this is going to help my parents very much but the way in which He works ... absolutely suprising!
i didnt even pray for some money...but knew deep down that he will not leave me in want for He is a God who provides.

He is God of suprises!

my first blog

2006-10-17T15:04:00.000+05:30

this being my first blog (the world of bloggers and netizens plz forgive me for being short)

i started for office today, was late and decided to see the doc instead (this is a rountine for 2 weeks, since i had dislocated my left ankle) and return home and 'mon cher' was with me all through out and i want to record it ....... coz memory may fail me ......